on the coat-tails of sb/sth
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Definition of on the coat-tails of sb/sth words
- phrase on the coat-tails of sb/sth If you do something on the coat-tails of someone else, you are able to do it because of the other person's success, and not because of your own efforts. 0
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Parts of speech for On the coat-tails of sb/sth
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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
on the coat-tails of sb/sth popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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